Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Nigeria (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that the Government's report does not contain the information requested. The Committee again points out that section 2(2)(b) of the Workmen's Compensation Decree No. 17 of 12 June 1987 excludes any workman employed in the public service of the Federation who has been first engaged in a place outside Nigeria and who is not a Nigerian citizen. It recalls that Article 1 of the Convention provides that equality of treatment in respect of compensation for industrial accidents shall be guaranteed, without any condition as to residence, to the nationals of any other Member which has ratified the Convention, and to their dependants, and does not permit exceptions in public sector employment. It expresses the hope that the Government will take the necessary steps to fully comply with the requirements of the Convention in this respect. In the meantime, the Committee again requests the Government to supply information concerning the number of foreign workers engaged under these conditions, and to specify under which industrial accidents compensation scheme these workers are covered. The Committee regrets that this information has not been supplied by the Government despite requests made by the Committee in that respect.

The Committee would also appreciate receiving a copy of Cap. 470 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990, mentioned in the Government's report.